{"id":75828,"date":"2026-04-21T07:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/75828\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:09:08","slug":"iran-backed-militias-in-iraq-a-move-toward-decentralized-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/75828\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran-Backed Militias in Iraq: A Move Toward Decentralized Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In a strategic shift, Iran has granted its commanders greater autonomy over militias in Iraq. According to militia members and officials, some groups can now conduct operations without Tehran&#8217;s direct approval. This decision comes amid heightened pressures from ongoing conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Many Iran-backed militias, funded through Iraq&#8217;s state budget, face criticism from the United States for their actions. The decentralized command structure allows these groups to act independently, further complicating Baghdad&#8217;s efforts to control them.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a recent ceasefire, Washington is expected to increase its military and political actions against these factions. The U.S. recently imposed sanctions on key commanders, aiming to curb the militias&#8217; influence and guide Iraq towards a less militia-dominated governance.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; In a strategic shift, Iran has granted its commanders greater autonomy over militias in Iraq. According to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[27651,1711,3065,27650,34,94,8635,509,69,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-75828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-autonomy","9":"tag-baghdad","10":"tag-ceasefire","11":"tag-decentralized-command","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iraq","14":"tag-militias","15":"tag-sanctions","16":"tag-tehran","17":"tag-u-s"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116441445965370306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}